Surveyor Robotics Journal

Surveyor Robotics Journal

	email: support@surveyor.com web: Surveyor Corporation rss: Subscribe Archives August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 September 2006 August 2006 July 2006 June 2006 May 2006 April 2006 March 2006 Februray 2006 January 2006	Fri, 16 Jun 2006 SRV-1 firmware update We've posted a minor update to the SRV-1 firmware, changing the function of the red triangles in the SRV1Console to increase/decrease motor speed, and changing the function of the little yellow and brown icons to turn on or off simple obstacle detection - the robot stops moving forward if it detects an object when this is activated. The update can be downloaded from http://www.surveyor.com/srvdownloadsrv1.hex.061506 though it should be saved as srv1.hex before uploading to the robot Posted Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:25 \| HTML Link \| see additional stories ... notification feature added to SRV1Console We have added the ability for messages from the SRV-1 robots to trigger HTTP actions, such as calls to email CGI's, message logs, etc. We haven't tried to hook up to an email CGI, though something like http://www.perlfect.com/articles/sendmail.shtml should work. However, we have added a simple echo server into SRV1Console's built-in WebcamSat server so that this feature can be tested. First, download and install the latest SRV1Console distribution - http://www.surveyor.com/srvdownload/SRV1Console-061506.zip Then take a look at srv_notify.config in the main SRV1Console directory. At the moment, there's just a single entry - SRV-1=http://localhost:8888/echo?msg=SRV1+startup+message The SRV-1 robot already generates a startup message, so we're just looking for the "SRV-1" string in that startup message. When it's detected by the SRV-1 console, an HTTP request is issued - in this case, it's http://localhost:8888/echo?msg=SRV1+startup+message Through a browser, you can view the echoed messages here - http://localhost:8888/echo?action=view To clear the message list, use - http://localhost:8888/echo?action=clear This is a really primitive example, but hopefully shows the possibility of this feature. Basically, by adding various messages to the SRV1 firmware (e.g. motion detect, low battery, stalled motor, etc), we can trigger useful notification messages. A representative srv_notify.config entry might look something like - Low-Bat=http://www.foo.com/sendmail.cgi?to=admin@foo.com&subject=SRV1+needs+recharge Posted Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:20 \| HTML Link \| see additional stories ...